AI Governance Lead - Virtual

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

We are seeking an experienced and versatile AI Governance Lead to build, operationalize, and continuously improve our enterprise AI Governance program. This role is responsible for defining and implementing the policies, controls, processes, and education necessary to ensure responsible, safe, and compliant use of AI across the organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in governance, risk, compliance, technical controls, and enablement, with the ability to collaborate across business, technical, and legal teams. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Program Leadership: Establish and manage the AI governance framework, operating model, and roadmap. Drive the creation and rollout of Responsible AI policies, standards, and training programs. 

• Policy & Risk Management: Define and maintain policies for Responsible AI, acceptable use, and risk assessment frameworks. Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and Data Governance to ensure regulatory alignment (NIST RMF, ISO, SOC2, EU AI Act, etc.). 

• Oversight & Audit: Maintain an inventory of all AI systems, tools, and vendors. Conduct periodic audits and compliance reviews. Track remediation and risk mitigation activities. 

• Technical Controls: Automate inventory collection, monitoring, and risk scoring. Integrate governance controls into SDLC and engineering workflows. Build and maintain tools for auditing, scanning, and model evaluation. 

• Education & Enablement: Design and deliver AI training programs, including an AI Champions Program. Develop learning content, run workshops, and track adoption and competency metrics. 

• Stakeholder Management: Lead cross-functional committees and manage relationships with key stakeholders. Drive adoption of governance processes and ensure effective change management. 

• Continuous Improvement: Monitor industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging risks. Continuously enhance governance practices, tools, and education. 

Qualifications 

• 7+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, platform engineering, or technical enablement roles. 

• Strong program management and cross-functional leadership skills. 

• Experience with regulatory frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, SOC2, EU AI Act) and AI safety/fairness concepts. 

• Technical proficiency in Python, APIs, automation, and integrating controls into engineering pipelines (DevOps/MLOps experience a plus). 

• Excellent communication, policy writing, and curriculum development skills. 

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear policies and training. 

• Experience building and running training or enablement programs is highly desirable. 

Preferred Skills 

• Familiarity with LLM architectures and AI model evaluation (bias, fairness, interpretability, drift, hallucinations). 

• Experience with audit, evidence collection, and compliance testing. 

• Strong analytical, documentation, and dashboarding skills. 

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options. 

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to  Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com.

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law.   In addition, we take affirmative action to employ, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their  recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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